Ethiopia

Ethiopia Online Payments:Mobile Providers & Banks

104Million People

8.9Million Mobile Subscribers

50.2Million Mobile Payments Users

Over the past decade, Ethiopia has seen strong, steady growth in mobile and internet penetration. The broadband market has seen significant improvements, and yet enormous potential still remains in the Africa’s second most populous country. This is demonstrated, in part, by the number of inbound tourists and foreign exchange students flooding into the country year after year, as a result of the partial opening of the economy to private investment. Thus, with constant growth, there is an ever-increasing need for internet payment service providers.

DPO provides a much-needed online payments solution for business owners in Ethiopia by offering safe and secure credit card processing to both travelers and local merchants. As a result, Ethiopian businesses can accept online and offline payments from credit cards, mobile money, and bank transfers in real time.

We work with the following providers to support mobile payments:

Airtel

mPesa

MTN

Pesa

Tigo

Voda

The leading bank in Ethiopia:

Barclays

DTB

Equity

Industries:

Airlines

eCommerce

Hospitality

Insurance

Internet Service Providers

Restaurants & retail

Schools

Travel

More...

Which payments forms you’ll be able to accept?

Airtel

American Express

Mastercard

Mopesa

MTN

PCI

Tigo

Visa

Vodacom

Which currencies you’ll be able to accept?

All currencies

Regulation of Online Payments in Ethiopia

With e-commerce still in its infancy in Ethiopia, the government is in the process of drafting national laws to govern online payments. Meanwhile, Ethiopian businesses that accept online payments must comply with credit card companies’ standards and regulations, as well as with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard.